Welcome to Araby Rug Galleries, offering Maine's premier selection of handwoven antique and modern oriental carpets and kilims. Each of our carefully selected carpets and kilims meets our exacting standards for quality, beauty, and durability. We choose rugs that showcase the very best qualities of the weaver's art.
Fine natural wools, entrancing colors, integrity of design and true quality are our touchstones. Whether woven years ago or by the master weavers of today, each Araby rug is hand selected to celebrate and sustain a timeless form and way of life. Handwoven, handspun and naturally dyed wool carpets are free of chemicals and made from renewable botanical substances like madder, cochineal, chamomile, walnut shells and pomegranate.
Fine natural wools, entrancing colors, integrity of design and true quality are our touchstones. Whether woven years ago or by the master weavers of today, each Araby rug is hand selected to celebrate and sustain a timeless form and way of life. Handwoven, handspun and naturally dyed wool carpets are free of chemicals and made from renewable botanical substances like madder, cochineal, chamomile, walnut shells and pomegranate.
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Almost every time I enter our Curtis Library I go to the section where the Rainbow Rug is located. I marvel at its beauty, in your generosity, creativity, imagination, expense, and labor that brought it here at the artistry of its weavers. I've spent some time in "reading" the designs and symbols written into the rug.
Araby Rug Galleries in Falmouth, Maine has extensive experience in producing custom handwoven oriental or modern rugs and kilims for retail customers, designers and institutions. We visit your home to make the best recommendations uniquely tailored to your needs and to your setting. Here you see how enriching it is to have just what you want.
Have you ever wondered how your oriental rug or carpet used to look before dust, pollen, pets or family took their toll? Handwoven oriental rugs and carpets must be regularly handwashed in order to preserve the wool's natural oils and the integrity of their dyes. Proper handwashing also ensures that your rug maintains its innate lanolin and luster for optimum stain resistance and brilliance.
Has your oriental rug or carpet been damaged by children, pets, insects, or furniture? Has your carpet been stored in a damp or flooded basement? Is your rug fraying at the edges or ends? Does your carpet have low or bald spots in the pile from foot traffic or age? Is your carpet fading or discolored?
Araby Rug has provided the finest in antique and modern oriental rugs and kilims to New England since 1921. Araby Rug is a three generation rug store founded by Husney Mahfuz in 1921. Mr. Mahfuz opened his first store on Regent Street in London, eventually moving to 667 Boylston Street in Boston. Araby Rug is now owned and operated by Clare Mahfuz-Moss and Stephen Moss in Falmouth, Maine.
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Anne Archambault
Sep 08, 2017
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I could not be more pleased with my purchase, the service and how beautifully I was treated at Araby Rug. I showed Steve pictures of my recently renovated kitchen and dining room. He spent time walking me through the process; sizes and proportions, color scheme, countries of origin and patterns. My new 8' X 10' is not one of the rugs to which I was initially as attracted, but I took it home to try it and Steve had been dead on when recommending it. It is perfect and I thank God every day that I listened to him. It is so beautiful that it is the first thing everyone comments on when they come in
